Meaning of 七嘴八舌
Definitions from CC-CEDICT.
qīzuǐbāshé
- lively discussion with everybody talking at once
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七 qī · seven · 2 strokes
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嘴 zuǐ · mouth · 16 strokes
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八 bā · eight · 2 strokes
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舌 shé · tongue · 6 strokes
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Related words
Words that share a character with 七嘴八舌.
| 嘴巴 | zuǐba | mouth (CL:張|张[zhang1]); slap in the face |
| 舌头 | shétou | tongue; enemy soldier captured for the purpose of extracting information |
| 嘴唇 | zuǐchún | lip |
| 乱七八糟 | luànqībāzāo | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled |
| 八卦 | bāguà | the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易經|易经[Yi4 jing1]; gossip |
| 插嘴 | chāzuǐ | to interrupt (sb talking); to butt in |
| 四面八方 | sìmiàn-bāfāng | (idiom) all directions; all around |
| 吵嘴 | chǎozuǐ | to quarrel |
| 咧嘴 | liězuǐ | to draw back the corners of one's mouth (as when smiling, grimacing, or snarling) |
| 横七竖八 | héngqī-shùbā | in disorder; at sixes and sevens (idiom) |
| 五花八门 | wǔhuā-bāmén | myriad; all kinds of |
| 闭嘴 | bìzuǐ | Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 |
Questions about 七嘴八舌
What does 七嘴八舌 mean?
七嘴八舌 (qīzuǐ-bāshé) means "lively discussion with everybody talking at once".
How do you write 七嘴八舌?
七嘴八舌 is made of 4 characters: 七 (2 strokes), 嘴 (16 strokes), 八 (2 strokes), 舌 (6 strokes). That is 26 strokes in total.
Is 七嘴八舌 an HSK word?
Yes. 七嘴八舌 is on the HSK 7-9 vocabulary list of the HSK 3.0 standard.